Military court told soldiers took turns to rape

The Scotsman ^ | Mon 7 Aug 2006 | Reuters

[MEGoody]

Barker then switched positions with Cortez and attempted to rape the girl but said he was not sure if he had done so

Huh? He wasn't sure if he raped the girl?

By the way, are the rules about 'hearsay' different for military courts than civil courts? Anyone know?

[skr]

Even if the entire family aided and abetted the enemy, rape is despicable and shooting unarmed people is unworthy of our military. But I cannot forget (from a previous FR thread) that the surviving girl knew an explosive meant for our troops was going to go off nearby and so cannot automatically assume innocence of all members (aside from the very young) of an Iraqi family in a hot spot. Nevertheless, it's always sad when children are involved in any way with violence.

[twinself]

We will never know whether testimonies of these ex "soldiers" are anywhere near the truth. This Iraqi family is unfortunately too dead to tell their version of the story. Nevertheless raping and killing a little girl means one is begginng the humanity to be wiped out of the planet.

[TexKat]

Cool, thanks for the info and thank you for your service!

Lol! That happens to be a link from a soldier, not from me World_Events. But thanks anyway, I will pass it on to my son who is serving active duty at the present.